Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2012-01-16

Chapter 32. GNOME Core Packages

GNOME Panel-2.30.2

Introduction to GNOME Panel

The GNOME Panel package contains hooks to the menu sub-system and the applet sub-system.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-6.5 platform.

Package Information

GNOME Panel Dependencies

Required

GNOME Desktop-2.30.2, gnome-menus-2.30.2, libbonoboui-2.24.3, libcanberra-0.18, libgweather-2.30.2, librsvg-2.26.3, and libwnck-2.30.2

Optional

Evolution Data Server-2.30.2.1 (required if you plan to install Evolution or Ekiga), GTK-Doc-1.18, and NetworkManager Rarian-0.8.1

[Note]

Note

The libxml2 Python module must have been built during the installation of libxml2 else the GNOME Panel build will fail.

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gnome-panel

Installation of GNOME Panel

Install GNOME Panel by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0) \
            --sysconfdir=/etc/gnome/2.30.2 \
            --localstatedir=/var/lib \
            --libexecdir=$(pkg-config \
                --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/lib/gnome-panel \
            --mandir=$(pkg-config \
                --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/share/man &&
make

This package does not come with a test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--prefix=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0): Setting the prefix using this parameter instead of with $GNOME_PREFIX will ensure that the prefix is consistent with the installation environment and the package will be installed in the correct location.

--sysconfdir=/etc/gnome/2.30.2: This parameter causes the configuration files to be installed in /etc/gnome/2.30.2 instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/etc. Additionally (if applicable), the parameter ensures that the GConf-2 database is correctly updated.

--localstatedir=/var/lib: This parameter is used so that all ScrollKeeper files are installed in, and the ScrollKeeper database is properly updated in /var/lib/scrollkeeper instead of some files being installed in $GNOME_PREFIX/var/scrollkeeper.

--libexecdir=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/lib/gnome-panel: This parameter causes the libexec files to be installed in the preferred location of $GNOME_PREFIX/lib/gnome-panel instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/libexec.

--mandir=$(pkg-config --variable=prefix ORBit-2.0)/share/man: This parameter causes the man.(X) files to be installed in $GNOME_PREFIX/share/man/man(X) instead of $GNOME_PREFIX/man/man(X).

--enable-gtk-doc: Use this parameter if GTK-Doc is installed and you wish to rebuild and install the API documentation.

--disable-scrollkeeper: Use this parameter if you wish to disable the updates to the scrollkeeper database.

Contents

Installed Programs: gnome-desktop-item-edit, gnome-panel, panel-test-applets, clock-applet, fish-applet-2, gnome-clock-applet-mechanism, gnome-panel-add, notification-area-applet, and wnck-applet
Installed Library: libpanel-applet-2.{so,a}
Installed Directories: $GNOME_PREFIX/{include/panel-2.0,lib/gnome-panel, share/{gnome-panel/{pixmaps,ui},gnome/help/{clock/*,fish/*}, gtk-doc/html/panel-applet,idl/gnome-panel-2.0,omf/{clock,fish}}}

Short Descriptions

libpanel-applet-2.{so,a}

allow development of small applications (applets) which may be embedded in the panel.

Last updated on 2010-08-22 00:16:09 +0000